RecordLog *.csv Files?

[rkr1958]

I just noticed in my MWiF install directory that there's 52 RecordLog *.csv files. What are these files and can I delete them?

[paulderynck]

They are used for NetPlay and you should be able to delete them without a problem.

[rkr1958]

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

They are used for NetPlay and you should be able to delete them without a problem.

Thanks.

[Shannon V. OKeets]

They are not used by NetPlay. I have used them (rarely, and not for the last couple of years) to debug NetPlay games.

Their purpose is to enable replaying a game. The design for MWIF is to enable players to start a saved game from some point T and then replay it forwards (or backwards!) using the Record Logs.

Obviously I have yet to write that code, but the data for doing so is currently collected in the Record Logs. What is missing are: (1) the interface form to give the player Replay controls and (2) the ability of the program to read the Record Logs and act upon them as if the player had just made the associated decisions. The AI Opponent is going to need a capability similar to the latter. That is, the ability to act on commands from a medium other than the keyboard and mouse.

PS: I periodically delete all the Record Logs that have accumulated on my disk.

[Centuur]

Is the number of record logs maximized (I noticed that I've got 99 of those in the program files)? If not, wouldn't it be advisable to give the players a button in MWIF, where he or she can automatically erase those files?

It's somewhat strange to have these files appearing in a program folder if a player has to erase them manually (and when not paying attention, might damage the program itself)...

[Shannon V. OKeets]

ORIGINAL: Centuur

Is the number of record logs maximized (I noticed that I've got 99 of those in the program files)? If not, wouldn't it be advisable to give the players a button in MWIF, where he or she can automatically erase those files?

It's somewhat strange to have these files appearing in a program folder if a player has to erase them manually (and when not paying attention, might damage the program itself)...

My logic for not deleting them automatically (apart from my ever-present aversion to having the program do things 'automatically') is that if the ability to replay games ever gets written[8|], players will be able to go back to ANY of their old saved games and Replay them from the point that they were saved.